Got gigabytes to spare? Why not dish out some data love to your nearest and dearest?

If you’re on a Slingshot Carryover Data or Endless plan, you can share your New Zealand data with up to five other devices that use a Slingshot SIM.

There is no additional cost to sharing data. You can manage how much data and how frequently you want to share and stop or start it at any time.

If you’re on an eligible plan you can share all or a chunk of your New Zealand data with up to five other Slingshot friends or family for free. Or, if you’d prefer to keep it for yourself, you can share it across up to five of your devices with Slingshot SIMs. Either way, sharing is caring.

One-Off Allowance

Is your mate in a pinch? Share a one-off chunk of your data just for the month, so they don’t miss any Insta-grammable moments. Anything that is unused will be returned to you the following month.

Shared data is only consumed when monthly allowance has run out.

How much data should I share?

When it comes to sharing out the data love, you’ll need to mull over how much to share vs. how much to keep for yourself. You don’t want to get caught short in the data stakes, but you also want to make sure that your sharers have enough to see them through.

We recommend starting out with a smaller amount – perhaps no more than half of your total monthly data allowance – as it’s easy to share more if you need to.

Over time you’ll get a better idea of how much data you should share to keep everyone snapping, streaming and scrolling.

If you find yourself running low, you can take back data that hasn’t been used at any stage. We’ll help you out and let them know by text so you can avoid the awkward conversation.

What happens if I run out of data?

If your data is running on empty, you can refill the tank any time, either by buying an Add-on, or by taking back any shared data that hasn’t been used yet.

To take back any unused data, log into the Slingshot App, navigate to Manage Mobile, click on the person you want to take data back from in your Sharers list and tap on Take Back. Here you can choose how much to pull back for yourself. We’ll even let them know about the change of heart by text, so you can avoid any awkward chats.

If you’d rather leave your gigs where they are, you can purchase a Data Add-on from our App to flick your data gauge back to full.

How do I stop sharing data?

If the situation has changed and you want to stop sharing, you can use the Slingshot App to stop whenever you like.

Stop sharing data in the Slingshot2 App:

• Open the Slingshot App
• Go to My Services
• Tap mobile icon
• Tap Share Plan data
• Tap the person you want to stop sharing with
• Tap edit sharing
• Confirm you want to stop sharing

We’ll send you and your sharer a text when we’re done